elcap373 Posted January 9, 2003 Share Posted January 9, 2003 I own a pair of Heresy II's (vintage about 1989) and just purchased a Klipsch KSW-12 subwoofer. What would the recommended configuration and settings be. Should the speaker connections be run through the subwoofer? I have currently set the KSW-12 up on the B speaker connections. If i continue to use the B connections - what would the recommended crossover frequency be? The KSW owners manual is worthless.... A bit more technical info would be very helpful. Klipsch Heresy II's Klipsch KSW-12 Klipsch Synergy SS.5 Surrounds Yamaha RX-830 RS Receiver Yamaha CDX-730 CD Player Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcolm Posted January 10, 2003 Share Posted January 10, 2003 I would use the speaker level inputs to the subwoofer and connect the main speakers to the speaker out connections on it if convenient. The fixed crossover frequency of 100 Hz is an appropriate one for use with Heresy II which starts to roll off about that frequency. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berry8 Posted January 13, 2003 Share Posted January 13, 2003 I have a KSW12 and have the same question. My fronts are KSB 2.1's. Would you give the same advice? Also, if I run my fronts through my sub, will I lose any power in either my sub or my mains? Or will my receiver's power still apply to my mains? Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dougdrake Posted January 13, 2003 Share Posted January 13, 2003 You'll get the full signal strength to your speakers. In your receiver setup, be sure to say Sub No and set the front speakers to Large (if you are hooking the sub up via speaker level inputs) or you won't get anything out of the sub to speak of... DD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swells Posted January 14, 2003 Share Posted January 14, 2003 elcap373, I also have a pair of Heresy'sand I am looking to purchase a subwoofer for them, can you let me know how your ksw-12 works for you. thks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elcap373 Posted January 15, 2003 Author Share Posted January 15, 2003 It sounds pretty good to me.... Although I have been told that one subwoofer is just about as good as the next. What's important is that the size of the thing is large enough to fill your room with sound. I'm no expert. I got the ksw-12 on e-bay for the price of a ksw-10. I have a relatively small room for my equipment - A ksw-10 may have been fine - but the ksw-12 easily rocks the room - and is nice and smooth at low volumes. I'm a happy camper.... rwm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dutchjack Posted August 29, 2003 Share Posted August 29, 2003 One subwoofer is not as good as the other! I compared the KSW-12 with REL Strata III in combination with the Heresy II's. I connected the hihg-level input to the spaeker-out of the amplifier. The low-filter should be set as low as possible (that was the case for both subwoofers). The REL was for sure the better subwoofer giving an enormous synergistic effect in reaching "live-performance" levels of music with a much broader soundstage and much more dynamic music. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dutchjack Posted August 29, 2003 Share Posted August 29, 2003 Forgot to menstion that the REL is almost twice the price of the KSW12. Maybe the KSW 15 is more equal to the REL (in price they are). Unfortunately I didn't get the opportunity to trial the KSW15. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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